Repair an Exposed Wire With Sugru

The black casing on laptop charger cord broke and I could see the inside wires. When this happened to my last charger it broke soon after. Sugru is a great way to cover up these wires and keep my charger safe and working!

Step 1: Exposed Wires

I am constantly bending and wrapping the cord and throwing it in my backpack. It if only a matter of time before the white and green wires broke as well.

Step 2: Add Sugru

This step is simple. Just open up the Sugru and spread it out over the exposed area. Make sure it covers the entire exposed area! Let it sit for 24 hours (make sure you don't bend it).

Epoxy putty from the local hardware store is cheaper I bet. Also the bond would be stronger, you could put a decent wad of epoxy putty around that and it would provide cord strength through adhesive power, I think sugru might have less bonding strength since ive seen folks peel that off. Putty isnt flexible but that is ok for a small segment, just put a small mound of it on.

If you use heat shrink you need a peace that will fit over the connector sometimes impossible to shrink over the cord in that size or you need to cut the cord but seriously who would want to cause damage to fix something minor

If you use electrical tape soon it will unstick and get dirty

If you use the good old classic duct tape it won't be flexible enought

The best i have found is called rescue tape for almost everything you can throw at it

Um, well, it's good if you try it when cord is still working, but once it starts to breaking circut it's hard to fix it that way (and that's when usually you find out there's a problem). Anyway - good instruction :)

You have the exact same adapter for a Dell laptop as I have. And the exact same problem on the exact same place. They said it wasn't covered by the warranty, so I used your little I'ble to do it myself, thanks =)

Great idea! The Sugru will make it stay flexible and strengthen it too(long live sugru), oh btw hairybaroque sugru is available in the UK and has been for some time, i use it regularly,it is not mixed it comes pre made